I started this blog in 2009 to document what I ate, what I read, and how much I ran leading up to the NYC marathon. While I did manage to drag myself over the finish line, I have since decided I am not a marathon runner. I have also decided that while running, food, and reading are no longer the centre of my life, they remain an integral part of helping me centre and appreciate my life. They help me realize that it's not that serious...

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Greetings from Sunny Buffalo

Day one of the annual family vaycay and I'm really going to make an effort to write every day...the good, the bad, and the boring. Here are the highlights so far:

Yesterday at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, not one, but two cars in front of us at the immigration station had their passengers removed and the car seized. Either the security's getting better or there were two carloads of sketchy people in front of us.

Ate two meals at Denny's-in a row!

On her third attempt, my daughter won a stuffed animal at that machine where you use a lame-ass claw thing to attempt to snag a stuffie. She ended up with a highly flammable moose wearing a sleeping bag that says "Happy Xmas"just what I need. Photo to follow shortly

While cleaning up a room, my husband asked me if I wanted to keep my earplugs that he retrieved from under the bed (that were now in his hand). I informed him those weren't my earplugs and he almost barfed.

Found out that apparently, I need to be more specific when I tell my family to pack a change of clothes for the next day. It seems I'm the only one who brought clean pants and a toothbrush.

Gotta bounce; my flight is boarding. See ya later all y'all.

...and I'm back. This time in Charlotte. This is not going as smoothly as I anticipated. Am currently in (hopefully) the last hour of a mind-numbing delay- at the same time original flight should've been landing. So far, we've eaten a delicious and nutritious breakfast:

Yes, that is a personal Papa Johns pizza and Diet Mountain Dew we're consuming at 9am

Tried to find a board game to buy & play, didn't find a board game, bought cards instead, fought over which game to play, ended up in tears (one of us, anyways), and now we're just trying not to kill each other.